British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Features Page 150

This page lists all the articles, interviews and other features BCG has published. There are more than 4,000 articles to read in this section.   RSS feed

  • Comedy Chronicles
  • Comedy Rewind
  • Novelty Jukebox
  • First Gig, Worst Gig
  • Random 8
  • Circuit Training
  • Rogue Pun
  • Balls Etc
  • The British Comedy Quiz
Dentist On The Job. David Cookson (Bob Monkhouse). Copyright: Bertram Ostrer Productions Features

Comedy Rewind: Dentist On The Job

Sunday 22nd November 2020

As a new high definition restoration of 1961 comedy feature Dentist On The Job is released on Blu-ray, we explore the Bob Monkhouse-starring comedy.

Josie Long Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Josie Long

Friday 20th November 2020

With a 24-hour Nine Lessons show on the horizon, Josie Long recalls garden gigs, skier fear and the lure of The Cure.

Ashens And The Polybius Heist. Ashens (Stuart Ashen) Film

Ashens interview

Thursday 19th November 2020

YouTube star Stuart Ashen has made a gag-packed film called Ashens And The Polybius Heist. He explains more about the project in this interview.

Poppy Hillstead. Copyright: Matt Stronge Features

Poppy Hillstead: Which Footballer Are You?

Wednesday 18th November 2020

Poppy Hillstead plugs her saucy podcast, admits to Beanie Baby naughtiness - and reveals which former Forest and England forward she may be.

Helena Millais People

Helena Millais: Britain's first recorded broadcast comedian

Wednesday 18th November 2020

As cockney character Our Lizzie, Helena Millais appeared on Marconi's 2LO London station on October 20th 1922, two days after the BBC formed as a company and three weeks before the BBC's first broadcast. Hear her in action via this feature.

Upstart Crow. Will Shakespeare (David Mitchell). Copyright: BBC Features

The Write Approach

Wednesday 18th November 2020

Sitting down to create can be surprisingly tough.

Chuckle Time. Image shows from L to R: Paul Elliott, Barry Elliott. Copyright: So Television Quiz

British Comedy Quiz #128

Wednesday 18th November 2020

Sketch, stand-up, sitcom and more. This quiz covers all the genres....

Lucy Danser Live

Random 8: Lucy Danser

Tuesday 17th November 2020

'Writer, producer and host of the Comics' Books podcast, Lucy Danser explains her all-purpose hole under the stairs.

Groucho. Groucho Marx. Copyright: Associated-Rediffusion Television Features

Comedy Chronicles: Hello, I must be going: Groucho Marx on British TV

Sunday 15th November 2020

Groucho Marx was a superstar of American comedy who could do no wrong, but when he made a British TV series in the mid-1960s, very little went right.

Taskmaster. Ed Gamble. Copyright: Avalon Television Live

Ed Gamble does First Task, Worst Task

Friday 13th November 2020

It's a special First Gig Worst Gig interview, as Taskmaster podcaster and current champ Ed Gamble talks us through his first task, his worst task, and lots more besides.

Share this page

Subscribe to our newsletters